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Fiona Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Fiona?

Ranking 222nd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Fiona is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #180 in 2017 with 1,680 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Fiona was less than 5, most recently in 1950.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Fiona occurred roughly during the years 1955-1961, 1962-1967, 1978-1981, 1984-1990, 1992-2002, and 2007-2013.

Sometimes the name Fiona has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very high point.

How popular will Fiona be?

Fiona's popularity has steadily increased for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Fiona for their newborn has dropped.

The name Fiona is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Fiona (Girl)Fiona (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 1,408 222 < 5 --
2017 1,680 180 < 5 --
2016 1,558 210 < 5 --
2015 1,492 219 < 5 --
2014 1,646 204 < 5 --
2013 1,639 197 < 5 --
2012 1,503 209 < 5 --
2011 1,210 267 < 5 --
2010 1,263 258 < 5 --
2009 1,051 312 < 5 --
2008 964 346 < 5 --
2007 918 353 < 5 --
2006 990 333 < 5 --
2005 843 372 < 5 --
2004 970 328 5 11,929
2003 885 351 < 5 --
2002 858 347 < 5 --
2001 694 414 < 5 --
2000 603 460 < 5 --
1999 552 476 < 5 --
1998 485 520 < 5 --
1997 459 522 < 5 --
1996 375 609 < 5 --
1995 252 790 < 5 --
1994 210 909 < 5 --
1993 195 968 < 5 --
1992 180 1,035 < 5 --
1991 220 893 < 5 --
1990 202 941 < 5 --
1989 158 1,069 < 5 --
1988 130 1,173 < 5 --
1987 109 1,282 < 5 --
1986 93 1,379 < 5 --
1985 89 1,422 < 5 --
1984 68 1,620 < 5 --
1983 89 1,351 < 5 --
1982 72 1,611 < 5 --
1981 80 1,506 < 5 --
1980 63 1,751 < 5 --
1979 65 1,695 < 5 --
1978 52 1,896 < 5 --
1977 59 1,744 < 5 --
1976 57 1,705 < 5 --
1975 58 1,659 < 5 --
1974 52 1,741 < 5 --
1973 67 1,445 < 5 --
1972 69 1,416 < 5 --
1971 57 1,628 < 5 --
1970 60 1,584 < 5 --
1969 67 1,425 < 5 --
1968 50 1,632 < 5 --
1967 71 1,287 < 5 --
1966 52 1,557 < 5 --
1965 38 1,866 < 5 --
1964 43 1,786 < 5 --
1963 34 2,032 < 5 --
1962 26 2,376 < 5 --
1961 35 1,966 < 5 --
1960 21 2,673 < 5 --
1959 15 3,151 < 5 --
1958 18 2,787 < 5 --
1957 11 3,771 < 5 --
1956 10 3,997 < 5 --
1955 6 5,403 < 5 --
1954 10 3,803 < 5 --
1953 8 4,350 < 5 --
1952 5 5,843 < 5 --
1951 7 4,515 < 5 --
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1949 6 4,866 < 5 --
1948 6 4,846 < 5 --
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1944 7 3,818 < 5 --
1943 19 2,023 < 5 --
1942 9 3,263 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.